While the Government is busy spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars on high profile health items and projects, the basics which are going to make the biggest difference to your health, wellbeing and longevity are often way way down the budgetary and priority list.  So its not surprising that no matter how much money or how many professionals we put into the health system, lots more always seems needed.  Read more here .  (This pdf first appeared in "The Star" in Nov 2008).